[Psychological approach to congenital hand deformities. Congenital deformities, the desire to know]

Ann Chir Plast Esthet. 2002 Feb;47(1):2-8. doi: 10.1016/s0294-1260(01)00079-6.
[Article in French]

Abstract

The psychological approach to congenital malformation is determined by the stares of the others and the individual's needs. The relationship of the body of the person afflicted with a congenital malformation is a question of aesthetic suffering and not of functional use. Caught up in a network of a priori and anxiety-based projections, it is difficult for patients, children, adolescents or adults, to express themselves and make themselves heard. This multi-faced issue poses a basic problem for a society, which penalizes physical deformity. Beyond the medical techniques, the subject's ethic has to be considered.

Publication types

  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Adult
  • Child
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / psychology*
  • Hand Deformities, Congenital / surgery
  • Humans
  • Interpersonal Relations*
  • Patient Care Planning
  • Prejudice
  • Quality of Life
  • Self Concept*
  • Social Behavior
  • Stress, Psychological